41.   The other document being examined by the Republican investigators depicts an apparent effort by Ms. Hill to win Commerce Department help for Foster.

42.   The private visit without fanfare was an apparent effort to avoid antagonizing Beijing.

43.   The voices can be heard telling each other to spread fuel in an apparent effort to start the deadly blaze.

44.   There was no apparent effort to protect the furniture, and an open pot of meat was being prepared on the stove.

45.   There is no apparent effort to keep things clean.

46.   This was devised by Logan, the director, in an apparent effort to convey the moods of each scene.

47.   Two former officials linked to it were detained for questioning last week, in an apparent effort to learn more about the case.

48.   When another official stepped between them, Parcells leaned into the official, making contact with him, in an apparent effort to continue his complaint with Robison.

49.   Palestinian police also began arresting members of the Islamic militant group, in an apparent effort to stave off attack.

50.   Police blamed a small group of IRA diehards, Republican Sinn Fein, for that apparent effort to bomb a British army base across the border.